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# chuffed

adjective (chuffed) — UK, informal

«chuffed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, informal) Chuffed means very pleased and proud, as in I'm chuffed to bits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#m1)
2. Chuffed is also the past form of chuff: to make a puffing sound like a steam train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand speech, chuffed means delighted: chuffed with my test result. Chuffed to bits means extremely pleased. In stories, a little steam engine chuffed along the track.

### Examples

- I was chuffed to bits with my certificate. (UK informal) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x1)
- Dad's dead chuffed with his new bike. (UK slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x2)
- She was chuffed that her team won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x3)
- Gran was chuffed with her birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x4)
- The little engine chuffed up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x5)
- I'm well chuffed! (UK slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/#x6)

### Note

Informal: fine in speech and stories, not in formal essays. Usually after be: I'm chuffed, not a chuffed boy. Dead chuffed and well chuffed are slang ways of saying very chuffed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chuffed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuffed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chuffed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chuffed.html) on Mova free.